9/11/12

Alvarius B reissue

Alvarius B. s/t reissued on CD for the first time with six bonus tracks and simultaneously repressed on vinyl.

Sun City Girls on iTunes

The complete Abduction catalog of Sun City Girls titles is now available on iTunes. Many of these titles are long out of print in physical form and only available here. All digital releases including digital booklets with exclusive images.

Sun City Girls feature on Pitchfork

By mixing primal jamming, worldly influences, and a bountiful release strategy, Sun City Girls spent 25 years defying conventions of structure and taste.
By Marc Masters, September 11, 2012

"More than any other underground American rock band in the previous three decades, they used the entire world for artistic inspiration and sonic miscegenation. It's no wonder the music sprawled, veering into fractured rock, twisted ragas, creepy ballads, surf-riding jams, tightly-wound Asian-inflected pop, and blabbering poetry."

9/21/10

5/26/10

When Blood Operatives came out in 2005 on the Sun City Girls own Abduction label, it was the first Alvarius B. full-length release in 7 years. It is a collection of songs seemingly based on actual, but unnamed, shady characters of the global underworld past and present. Regardless of intent, this is cryptic folk music of the highest order, with several tracks employing folk/rock/psych orchestrations featuring the talents of Eyvind Kang, Tim Young, Richard Bishop, Andrew McGinnis and Randall Dunn. Twisted Americana folklore breeds with baroque Italian cinematic pop, dark ballads, and vagrant story lines. Eleven unique and varied tracks and the most "produced" Alvarius B. record to date.

Originally released as a limited edition one-time pressing of 1000 vinyl LPs on Abduction this criminally out of print rarity is now presented on Plustapes for your cassette loving enjoyment.

10/07/09

05/20/09

02/13/09

Solo tracks by Charles Gocher, Sir Richard Bishop and Uncle Jim are included on the limited LP "...and Shiva Came for Charlie" released by Ri Be Xibalba. This is a mail order only release available only from the Ri Be Xibalba web site. This compilation LP is dedicated to the late Charles Gocher and also features tracks by Sun City Girls friends and collaborators including Climax Golden Twins and Sea Donkeys. Several photos from Charlie's memorial are included in the booklet with this LP. All tracks are exclusive to this compilation.

04/16/08

Most dates will feature an opening 40 minute film of Charles Gocher's video experiments followed by two sets of music. AB and RB will be performing Sun City Girls songs as an acoustic guitar duet. This tour will most likely be the only time this show will be presented as such and is a tribute both to Charles Gocher and selected music from the 27 year legacy of Sun City Girls.

Most dates will feature an opening 40 minute film of Charles Gocher's video experiments followed by two sets of music. AB and RB will be performing Sun City Girls songs as an acoustic guitar duet. This tour will most likely be the only time this show will be presented as such and is a tribute both to Charles Gocher and selected music from the 27 year legacy of Sun City Girls. West Coast dates begin in May. All other US and Canada dates begin in June. A full list of shows will be presented here as they are confirmed.

The SCG Mood Bizarre online store is closed until October 1, 2007. No orders will be processed or e-mails returned until we re-open on October 1, 2007. When we return we will be selling limited copies of the 2 LPs listed above along with the October CD reissues. We apologize for the inconvenience.

02/26/07

Our sincerest thanks for the many letters, messages, posts, and tributes all of you have sent to us this past week in support after the passing of Charlie. There were simply too many of them for us to even begin to respond to personally.

We have decided to hold a private memorial in Seattle for close friends only to celebrate his legacy. At a later date, when we can collect our thoughts to properly honor him, we will pay tribute to Charles at a public venue by screening films and displaying some of his drawings and photographs, and possibly perform some of his songs.

As many of you have suspected, Sun City Girls will no longer exist as a performing entity. Nor will any new recording projects be created utilizing the name Sun City Girls. There are many unreleased recordings and videos that will surface when time permits to release them.

-- Alan and Richard Bishop

02/20/07

With deep regret, we must announce that Charles Gocher passed away yesterday in Seattle due to a long battle with cancer at the age of 54. He is survived by the two of us who adopted him as a brother 25 years ago and his many friends around the world. He will be missed more than most could ever know. Our thanks to everyone for their support and encouragement during the past three, very difficult years. Many of you were not aware that Charles was ill and that’s because he wanted it that way. Details of a memorial in his honor will be announced soon.

11/23/06: New Abduction Title Available!

10/02/2006: New Sun City Girls LP released

The Sun City Girls “Piano Bar” LP has just been released and is available here.

09/30/2006: Sun City Girls Live in the UK

Sun City Girls have been added to the lineup of Thurston Moore’s Nightmare Before Christmas-- an All Tomorrows Parties Festival in the UK December 8-10, 2006. The Festival venue is located at Butlin’s Holiday Centre, Minehead, Somerset UK.
The Festival is already sold out. Click link above for more info.

6/28/2006: New Sun City Girls Releases Available Now

There are two new Sun City Girls releases. Visit the Mood Bazaar to grab 'em; click the links below for more information about the releases.

2/12/2006: The New Official Sir Richard Bishop Web Site

Sir Richard Bishop has launched his very own official web site, complete with news, tour info, discography, links, and much more. (Note: at the end of February, that link will become www.sirichardbishop.com.)

12/10/2005: New Sun City Girls Fan Site at MySpace.com

The MySpace Sun City Girls web page that was launched in August of 2005 has been approved by SCG but was NOT created nor is it maintained by SCG. The site does not answer SCG emails. The only way to contact SCG by email is through this site (via the Dear Uncle Tampa page).

9/14/2005: New Abduction Titles (updated 12/10)

The following NEW titles are available (or not) now. Check the Mood Bazaar for details!

If you ever wondered what a Sun City Girls TV show would be like, these 6 videos will serve that purpose. All ranging from 45 minutes to an hour and spanning 20 years of collective footage, these "shows" are jam-packed with live excerpts, skits, rants, collage film pieces with unreleased SCG music, cut-up Girls music videos, Gocher Prophecy, Uncle Jim Freak-outs, RB Guitar Solos, Jazz Classics puppet cameos, odd characters, special guest appearances and too many other ideas to mention here. These are ALL Completely FUCKED-UP! You will NOT be disappointed as each one is highly entertaining.

These 6 videos will ONLY be available through this web site and then they will magically disappear! Think of them as the video accomplice to the Cloaven cassette audio tapes of the 1980s. And...of course, there are MORE to come! Buy them while they last!